Stanford Rivers

St Margaret, Stanford Rivers

STANFORD-RIVERS, a parish in the hundred of ONGAR, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (S W by W) from Chipping-Ongar, containing 792 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the king’s books at £26 13 4, and in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Lancaster. The church is dedicated to St Margaret. There is a place of worship for Independents. A workhouse for eleven contiguous parishes is now being erected.
Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831)


Stanford Rivers baptisms DP 140-1-1 1538-1599

Stanford Rivers baptisms DP 140-1-1a 1558-1744

Stanford Rivers burials DP 140-1-1 1538-1599

Stanford Rivers burials DP 140-1-1a 1558-1744

Stanford Rivers marriages DP 140-1-1 1538-1599

Stanford Rivers marriages DP 140-1-1a 1558-1744

Further registers for Stanford Rivers are included in the FreeREG database.


  • Stanford Rivers is part of the Ongar Hundred
  • History of Stanford Rivers